Will It Ever Happen?
If we are talking about comprehensive immigration reform, the answer is no. The type of reform needed to push through the bottleneck requires agreement from both the House and the Senate. This was known as bipartisanship, which has been conspicuously absent for a while now. It is the job of businesses to promise relief, say, under the Dream Act, when that bill actually never made it into legislation.
Both parties, however, must be disappointed by the status quo. With delays caused by the pandemic and the mess made by previous administrations–regardless of party–immigration reform has eluded the United States, traditionally known as a “melting pot.” Somehow, the worst fears of both sides have come true, with borders becoming more porous and people overstaying in the U.S. due to unstable conditions abroad.
Further, the newest form of relief robs immigrants of their right to have a work permit or employment authorization document historically used to get a social security number and driver’s license. In reality, hard-working immigrants actually do pay income tax and are not eligible to vote or derive any benefit from the U.S. government. Immigrants are merely an easy scapegoat for corporations that have gone offshore to exploit foreign labor markets. They cannot take jobs already sent overseas.
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